A Friday-night traffic blitz on the Sea-to-Sky Highway ended with seven vehicles impounded and a string of excessive-speed tickets, West Vancouver Police said.
Officers using speed enforcement recorded a top reading of 180 km/h in a 90 km/h zone. A learner driver was clocked at 160 km/h without a supervising driver, the department reported. Police also stopped four motorcyclists at a roadblock and issued tickets to each for excessive speed.
“The dangerous choices these drivers made put everyone on the road in harm’s way,” police said in a statement, warning that similar enforcement will continue through the summer. Under B.C. law, drivers caught exceeding the speed limit by more than 40 km/h face immediate seven-day vehicle impoundments and fines starting at $368.
Bird says
368dollars only? What a joke. No wondering why these people keep doing this. Should get jail time instead.
Betty Downs says
The impoundments and fines for the really excessive speeding are not enough!
The people who drive so fast are getting a slap on the hand and it won’t stop them next time they get in the mood.
Losing their license is a more detrimental consequence that may have the impact necessary to curb their reckless driving
Jane Manning says
I realize that the police cannot be on the S2S all the time ! Yet – when last Friday , 11 exotic cars leave the Caufield Shopping Centre parking lot around 6:30 p.m. headed to Whistler it would be great if there could be a dedicated number to report them quickly instead of being on hold forever on the WV non- emergency ! Those same came down on Sunday about 11:00 a.m.
Brad Helland says
Were they breaking the law or did the cars just “look” fast? You didn’t mention why you phoned the police in your post.
John Rehmann says
I don’t buy into all the ‘speed kills’ claims given by the cops…this is as much as collecting taxes as it is about safety. One typically drives for the road and their safety and as we have roads that are either woefully under rated for speed we have many that the speeds are not conducive to road conditions…one size fits all just does not work. A few years back adjustments were made and speed limits increased…still today. It is the volume of drivers and insufficient infrastructure to handle them that offers challenges too. But late night speed traps…spare me.
https://www.sense.bc.ca/
Interesting data and facts to support this conjecture found in link above.
Dan Ellingsen says
This is why I like the Norwegian method of fining traffic violations – They use a percentage of the person’s income. Right now we have fines that hurt the poor and can be ignored by the rich.